Utility Fog

G’day. Lots of new stuff this week, plus an interview with Greg Davis, who’ll be here in a couple of weeks for Sound Summit!

Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans [Sounds Familyre/Spunk]
Hood – You Shins Break My Heart [Rocket Racer]
Talk Talk – New Grass [Polydor]
The Notwist – Shrink [Zero Hour]
Blastcorp – if i could change you [self-released by this excellent NT-based artist, soon to have a release on City Centre Offices!]
Junior Boys – Unbirthday [Kin]
Greg Davis – nicholas [Carpark]
…Then the first part of the interview with Greg Davis, discussing his background in contemporary composition and classical/jazz guitar, and how it might interact with his “pop” music…
Asterisk – I have a peanut butter knife and a cheese knife [Toast & Jam]
Greg Davis – birdposts [Autumn Records]
…and the second part of the Greg Davis interview (talking about his Autumn Records label, and his interest in field recordings)…
Greg Davis – field4 [Staalplaat] {under part of interview}
Greg Davis – curling pond woods [Carpark]
…and the third part of the Greg Davis interview (discussing his up-coming new album on Kranky, and also a new piece of contemporary composition for piano that was premiered recently in Boston)…
Greg Davis – clouds as edges (edit) [Grounded Records]
…and the final part of the Greg Davis interview (talking about the up-coming duos CD on Carpark with Keith Fullerton Whitman (aka Hrvatski), and also what Greg’s going to play when he plays in Sydney shortly)…
Keith Fullerton Whitman – Twin Guitar Rhodes Viola Drone (for Lamonte Young) [Kranky]
Gabriel Prokofiev – String Quartet No. 1, performed by the Elysian Quartet (Gabriel Prokofiev “Hip-Hop mix” of First Movement) [Nonclassical]
Tin Hat Trio – Compay [Ropeadope]
Juana Molina – ¡Uh! [Domino]
Daedelus – 28:06:42:12 (his mix from the split 7″ with Boom Bip), inspired by the movie Donnie Darko [Mush]
Skates – Green Vans [Unschooled Records]
65daysofstatic – install a beak in the heart that clucks time in arabic [Monotreme]
65daysofstatic – default this [Monotreme]
FRX – SLTWPN [Accelmuzhik]
Com.A feat Wicked Act – No Heathen (Ghetto Plasma Mix) [Shockout]
DJ C feat. Wayne Lonesome – Come Back Wicked (Mashit Mix) [Shockout]
Shitmat – Day O [Planet µ]
General SmatBwoy – uglyrudebwoyting in c minor [Aural Addiction Recordings]
Mouse on Mars – Mine Is In Yours [Sonig/Rogue Records]
Björk – mouth’s cradle [One Little Indian]
Mara Carlyle – Lost To Sea [Accidental Records]